Glaucolepis bleonella (Chretien, 1904)

Navickaitė, Asta, Diškus, Arūnas & Stonis, Jonas R., 2014, An updated checklist of Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) of the Crimea, Sub-Mediterranean SE Europe, Zootaxa 3847 (2), pp. 151-202 : 169

62. Glaucolepis bleonella (Chretien, 1904)

( Figs 137–139 )

Host-plants. Unknown in the Crimea; possibly Linum spp. as in other regions.

Type of distribution (chorological group). Euro-Submediterranean; the species occurs from Spain and France to Greece and Crimea.

Material examined. CRIMEA: 1♂, 20 km SW Feodosiya, Karadag Reserve, at light, 01.viii.1986, leg. Yu. Budashkin, genitalia slide no. AN 211♂; 2♂, the same locality, at light, 12–20.viii. 1987, leg. Yu. Budashkin, genitalia slide nos AG 105♂, AG 106♂; 1♂, the same locality, at light, 12–26.viii.2009, leg. A. Remeikis & J. R. Stonis, genitalia slide no. RA 259♂.

Remarks. The species is rare in the Crimea: limited in distribution and not abundant.

Figures

FIGURES 134 – 137. Male genitalia of the Glaucolepis species occurring in the Crimea. 134, Glaucolepis melanoptera, capsule, genitalia slide no. AN 213; 135, same, phallus; 136, same, capsule with phallus inside, genitalia slide no. RA 258; 137, G. bleonella, genitalia slide no. RA 259.

FIGURES 138 – 140. Male genitalia of the Glaucolepis and Etainia species occurring in the Crimea. 138, Glaucolepis bleonella, capsule, genitalia slide no. AN 211; 139, same, phallus; 140, Etainia sericopeza, genitalia slide no. AN 494.